Here’s a new twist on a classic — another gay couple is claiming they were booted by their Uber driver after sharing an innocent kiss, but this time it was on a freeway!

Randall Magill, 28, and Jose Chavez, 26, a recently-engaged Houston couple, were on their way home from celebrating on New Year’s Eve when they suddenly found themselves on the shoulder of the Southwest Freeway, according to a report from KPRC-TV.

They claim that after their driver observed a quick peck in the backseat, he pulled over on the spot and ordered them to exit the vehicle, without seeking a safe drop-off point.

“I wasn’t doing anything that I wouldn’t have done in public. I’m not going to embarrass myself or my fiancé by any means,” Magill said. “I’ve never heard of anyone being asked to stop kissing anywhere, especially when you’re just peck on the lips.”

Magill added that the driver attempted to justify his homophobia by saying he’d also told a straight couple to stop kissing, but that fails to explain why it was the gay couple who were left “on the corner of 59 and New Castle, right next to the concrete sound barrier.”

“He said, ‘I can’t take you no more.’” Chavez said. “He was like, ‘I’m going to have to drop you guys off,’ and we said, ‘That’s fine.’ I was upset. I’ve never been told not to kiss or anything.”

According to Uber, both the couple and the driver reported the incident.

Uber also sent KPRC their non-discrimination policy and added this head-scratcher: “As our community guidelines make clear, you shouldn’t touch or flirt with other people in the car…That’s no sexual conduct with drivers or fellow riders, no matter what.”

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21 Comments

Vince

II laugh that anyone thinks Uber is some kind of moral high ground to begin with. If you cared about anything other then getting the cheapest ride you’d know they could care less. Their motto has always been screw everyone including the drivers.

Knight

Amen. People are so stupidly self-entitled these days. You get what you pay for. And if you are going to use a company that preys on human misery, then guess what…

January 4, 2018 at 3:01am

Me2

So true! I definitely know that these rideshare app companies consistently screw the customer. For instance, a Lyft driver filed a false damage claim against me and Lyft withdrew $50 from my account without warning. I contacted them and hey refused to allow me to defend myself against the claim. They basically told me to get lost. Thank God my bank reversed the charge. Ever since then I’ve decided that the cheap ride isn’t worth the potential head ache.

January 4, 2018 at 3:01pm

dwes09

I have always had good experiences with Lyft. On two occasions where I contested charges, they refunded money. After Uber shrugged off the danger to cyclists from their driverless car experiments (saying that injury to cyclists was the “cost of progress” essentially) I vowed never to use that service.

January 4, 2018 at 4:01pm

DCguy

What a shock, one of Mo Bros screenames “Knight” is on here attacking the victims of bigotry as “Stupidly self entitled” for expecting not to be able to hire a ride share without being involved in a bigoted incident.

The goal of those screenames is ALWAYS to defend anti-lgbt bigots.

January 5, 2018 at 9:01am

Vince

I use lyft which ain’t much better but at least it seems to take care of the drivers a bit better. The fact that you can tip them makes for a happier driver. I think Uber does now but only after much lying and shaming.

Kangol

Me2

Lyft is just as bad, trust me! If you must use these apps, link them to a prepaid debit card and always have a plan B. My experience leads me to believe that Lyft runs a predatory service, to say the least.

January 4, 2018 at 3:01pm

PinkoOfTheGange

You all are shocked that the Frat House of tech has issues with d’geyz?

Jaxton

Berkleyguy

This is way over the top. This very incident could cause Uber to lose money all over the country. I imagine Uber had a lot of gay business on NYE especially – they may not now. What did their very short kiss do – there were no other riders in the car – so who was hurt by the kiss. The driver could have asked politely for them not to kiss in his car and out of respect I would bet the two guys would have done so. This is reprehensible on the part of Uber and the driver. They certainly were not flirting with the driver

Evji108

Danny595

Uber and Lyft are nothing more than unregulated taxi services. Unsafe and unprofessional conduct by drivers is exactly what regulation is supposed to weed out, so when you use an unregulated system and screw over licensed taxi drivers, you get what’s coming to you.

balehead

Bernice Jenkins

First of all, all drivers for both uber and lyft are independent contractors and therefore are allowed to decided when and who and where they operate their business. All uber and lyft do is to connect them with people needing a ride. So Uber is the one at fault. If anyone has an issue it would be with the driver. And I know of several str8 and gay passengers that have been made to get out because they were making out. And I really doubt it was just a peck like they claim. Gays will give oral in public places so i bet they were practically having sex in the back seat

ALLENGRUNDEN

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